Checking Out Library Items
To search for items to check out, visit theBarber Library & Summit Catalog.
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Checking Out Library Items
You can check out items from COCC Barber Library if you are one of the following.
- A current COCC student, faculty member, or staff member
- An Oregon resident 16 years or older (seeServices for Community Patrons)
- A student, faculty member, or staff member affiliated withanother Summit institution
To check out library items, present your COCC ID or community patron card at the Circulation Desk for your campus. Circulation Desk locations are listed below.
- Bend:Barber Library Rotunda (See on map)
- Madras:Front Office
- Prineville:Front Office
- Redmond:RTEC, Front Office
Checkout Policies & Periods
Barber Library charges no overdue fines. If you keep library items past their due dates, you may temporarily lose borrowing privileges until you bring them back. For information about account blocks and lost/damaged item fees, seeFines.
Students (COCC or Summit)
Checkout Limit | 250 items |
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Books | 30 days, renew up to 120 days total |
DVDs and Videocassettes | 6 days, renew up to 12 days total |
CDs and Audiocassettes | 30 days, renew up to 60 days total |
Summit Books | 6 weeks, renew up to 12 weeks total |
Summit AV Items or Bound Journals |
6 days, renew up to 12 days total |
Games and Puzzles | 7 days, renew up to 14 days total |
Faculty & Staff (COCC or Summit)
Checkout Limit | 250 items |
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Books | 6 months, renew up to 12 months total |
DVDs and Videocassettes | 6 days, renew up to 12 days total |
CDs and Audiocassettes | 30 days, renew up to 60 days total |
Summit Books | 6 weeks, renew up to 12 weeks total |
Summit AV Items or Bound Journals |
6 days, renew up to 12 days total |
Games and Puzzles | 7 days, renew up to 14 days total |
Community Members
Checkout Limit | 25 items |
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Books | 30 days, renew up to 120 days total |
DVDs and Videocassettes | 6 days, renew up to 12 days total |
CDs and Audiocassettes | 30 days, renew up to 60 days total |
Games and Puzzles | 7 days, renew up to 14 days total |
Other Items
Library Use Only
Some items are available for use within the library only and cannot be checked out. These items include, but are not limited to:
- Expensive DVDs
- Maps
- Microfilm and microfiche
- Oregon Room books
- Periodicals
- Reference books
Interlibrary Loan Items
结帐期限和续借政策各不相同,因为拥有这些项目的图书馆设定了借阅条款。
Summit Visiting Patrons can use the interlibrary loan services of their home institutions. (OSU students, seeOSU Libraries' Interlibrary Loan.)
Course Reserves
Checkout periods may be 3 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, 1 week, or the entire term. The instructor specifies the lending period.
Technology Equipment
- Laptops, hotspots, cameras, and calculators are available to current COCC and Summit students, faculty, and staff only.
- 社区成员可以在Barber图书馆的借阅台查看科技配件。
- See checkout periods and renewal policies on theTechnology Lending Guide.
Puzzles
- Checkout period is 1 week.
- See thepuzzle collectionin our catalog for availability
Games
- Checkout period is 1 week.
- See thegame collectionin our catalog for availability
Group Study Rooms
- Priority use for current COCC students, faculty, and staff
- Priority use for groups
Requesting Items
COCC students, faculty, and staff may request circulating items through the services below.
Barber Library
You can request items in the Barber Library collection for delivery at any COCC campus through theBarber Library & Summit Catalog.
The following items arenotrequestable:
- Course reserves
- Library Use Only items
Available Barber Library items typically arrive within 1 to 2 business days. You'll receive an email when your items are ready.
How to Request Library Items for Delivery
Summit Libraries
If an item isn't available at the Barber Library, you can request it through Summit: a large group of community college and university libraries in the Pacific Northwest that share materials with one another. Summit library holdings are included in theBarber Library & Summit Catalog.
Summit items typically arrive within 2 to 3 business days. You'll receive an email when your items are ready.
How to Request Items through Summit
Interlibrary Loan (ILL)
If an item isn't available at the Barber or Summit libraries, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). ILL requests go out to a network of libraries throughout the U.S.
ILL items typically arrive within 3 to 15 business days, depending on the type of item and where it's sent from. You'll receive an email when your items are ready.
How to Request Items through ILL
Renewing Items
To renew an item owned by COCC or a Summit library, log in to yourBarber Library & Summit Catalog account. Renew the item in the Loans section.
To renew an ILL item, log in toyour COCC Interlibrary Loan account. Renew the item in the Checked Out Items section (under "View" in the left-hand menu).
If an item is on hold for another patron, or if you have reached the maximum renewal period, you will not be able to renew the item.